In the fractured architecture of American justice—where technology is advancing faster than law, and perception often outruns fact—a single encounter can ignite a national reckoning. This is the story of one such encounter. But it is also a deeper investigation into a system under pressure: local police departments navigating life-and-death […]
Monthly Archives: March 2026
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A Special Investigative Report by GoVia’s Newsroom DAR ES SALAAM — In the sprawling urban centers of Tanzania and the quiet rural reaches of the Kigoma region, a new friction is sparking. It is the friction between ancient systems of authority and a digital age that demands radical transparency. Across the […]
At 2:13 a.m. on a freezing Cleveland night, a mother dials 911 — not for a crime, but for her son’s psychotic break. In too many American cities, that call dispatches armed officers instead of trained therapists. But in a small corner of Cuyahoga County, a different kind of response […]
The Community Police Safety App moves beyond the traditional “reactive” model of emergency response by establishing a real-time, transparent communication loop between citizens and law enforcement. Unlike standard 911 systems or passive reporting tools, this app utilizes de-escalation-first technology. It introduces features like “Guardian Overlays,” which allow users to share […]
CLEVELAND — At Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), the familiar blue uniforms of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are increasingly being flanked by the tactical olive drab of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). What began as a logistical contingency to manage “passenger flow” during a crippling five-week Department of […]
The Attorney: “I’m tired of showing up after the damage.” (Eventbrite) “I’m the lawyer they call when something has already gone wrong,” the attorney begins, eyes scanning the crowd. “I show up after the traffic stop, after the cuffs, after the video leak.” “Plato said justice is a harmony that […]
A Joint Investigative Report – In a suburban Virginia bank, a man with a bucket hat and a smartphone walks out with $195,000. He is caught not by a witness, but by a Google database he never knew existed. In Florida, a hit-and-run driver is undone by her own Ford—the […]
There is a number that should shake every courthouse in America to its foundation. Black people make up roughly 14 percent of this country’s population. And yet they account for 53 percent of every known exoneration since 1989 — meaning more than half the people this nation has wrongfully convicted, imprisoned, and […]
GoVia’s Highlight a Hero sits at the fault line between two worlds: a criminal justice system that too often hides its failures behind redactions and closed doors, and an Ohio legal framework that, on paper, demands radical transparency from every public office in the state. This is the story of […]
An investigative synthesis: Boston police officer Nicholas O’Malley charged with manslaughter – NBC Boston I. BOSTON: THE MOMENT BEFORE THE SHOTS In Boston, a routine response to a reported carjacking escalated into a fatal officer-involved shooting—now at the center of a manslaughter prosecution that could redefine the boundaries of police […]
Cleveland is not ready to end federal court oversight of its police, and the court should deny the joint motion to terminate the consent decree because core issues of trust, cooperation with oversight, and community-centered technology have not been solved, only repackaged. What is happening in Cleveland’s consent decree fight […]
GoVia can frame the Tenth Amendment as a constitutional backbone for local, accountable, and citizen‑centered public safety, while still sounding like a policy‑elite hawk focused on effective governance and safe encounters between police and the public. Framing: The Tenth Amendment and GoVia’s Mission The Tenth Amendment declares that powers not […]
How the Patriot Act, NSA Mass Spying, and the Trump Administration’s Data War Created a Crisis of Democratic Trust — and How GoVia Fights Back Here’s what the report covers across its seven parts: Video Part I — The Patriot Act’s Original Sin. How 131 pages, passed in 45 days […]
Authorities say the ambush unfolded in seconds. A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, 30-year-old field training officer Ryan Clinkunbroomer, was stopped at a red light outside the Palmdale station on a Saturday evening when a gray Toyota Corolla pulled alongside his marked patrol car and someone opened fire. A passerby […]
PBS AI‑driven predictive policing can help solve or deter attacks on officers, but because it is built on historically biased data and opaque algorithms, it risks automating the same racialized over‑policing and constitutional harms that led to the George Floyd era of protest and mistrust. GoVia Highlight A Hero matters […]
Photo by Fox 8 In the fall of 2021, the campaign of Justin Bibb surged through Cleveland with a message that resonated across neighborhoods still carrying the scars of police violence: reform the police department and give residents real power over how officers are disciplined. Bibb, a first-time mayoral candidate […]
GoVia will collect “Rank Your Experience” feedback about police encounters through the GoVia website and the Android app, but not inside the iOS app itself. Why iOS works differently Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines are strict about any app features that could be interpreted as reporting or rating police or […]
A Cross‑Sector Analysis of Surveillance, Oversight, and Safer Alternatives In the latter years of the Trump Administration, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area became a critical testing ground for the integration of artificial intelligence in modern policing. Law enforcement agencies, led by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), adopted AI tools such […]
The Protect and Serve Act of 2025 sits at the intersection of two colliding trends in American justice: a political drive to harden penalties for attacks on officers, and a technological wave that is quietly reshaping how those encounters happen in the first place. The new federal shield In August […]
A Deep-Dive Story of the Tower City Incident, Its Roots in Cleveland’s Troubled History, and the Technology That Could Change Everything Based on reporting by Carlos Miller, Atlanta Black Star (April 18, 2025), and supplementary research into Cleveland’s consent decree, use-of-force data, and GoVia’s platform capabilities. Prologue: Saturday at the […]
A Story of America, Accountability, and the Promise of GoVia Across American streets—from Cleveland to Chicago, from Los Angeles to Miami—two chants echo through the same megaphone but mean two very different futures. “No justice, no peace.” A warning born from grief. “Know justice, know peace.” A promise born from […]
“Peace to Police” inspired conversation with Chad Harper How GoVia – Highlight A Hero Is Building a Safer Bridge Between Communities and Law Enforcement In cities across America, a police encounter can unfold in seconds—but the consequences can last a lifetime. For officers, every call carries uncertainty. For citizens, every […]
The Trump White House publicly frames “STRENGTHENING AND UNLEASHING AMERICA’S LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PURSUE CRIMINALS AND PROTECT INNOCENT CITIZENS” as a promise of safety through tougher, more protected policing, while real stories on the ground show gaps, delayed help, and deadly outcomes in moments of crisis—exactly the gap a tool […]
Thousands of people have marched for Black lives, for Gaza, for abortion rights, for No Kings Day and Juneteenth and climate justice—only to learn the hard way that the most dangerous moment in any protest is not the chant, but the silence that comes after: the cell door clanging shut […]
This article is inspired by Christopher Yoshito Davis From marches for racial justice to democracy rallies and labor demonstrations, protest has always been one of the most powerful tools citizens have used to change society. In the United States, the right to protest is protected under the First Amendment — […]